Mark Hudson

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ABOUT MARK HUDSON

Experienced technical MBA qualified IT manager & technology strategist with wide experience in product information systems, digital asset management, infrastructure platforms, content & document management systems, platforms for ecommerce, enrol & pay, e-learning and content production & workflow. Experienced in delivery in agile teams using modern open source software and commercial packages.Manager of technical teams including Analysts, Developers, Scrum Masters, Team Leaders, System Administrators, Support Staff & Contractors including independent and outsourced delivery partners including offshore.Focus on operational effectiveness, failing fast, learning quickly and and balancing business value, risk and cost to deliver business value fast. Track record in delivering COTS and bespoke strategic & tactical IT change, often in challenging timelines. Strong leader and credible with technical and senior staff alike. Advocate of automation to reduce cost, address risk and speed up time to value.* Agile Advocate - Scrum, Lean, Kanban * Behavioural testing advocate * Technical architect * Strong technical and management background *Specialities: Infrastructure, Development Delivery, eCommerce, Technical TransformationSkills & Experience- Building, Leading, developing & motivating multidisciplinary & multi-organisational agile teams - over 40 people with a capex budget around £5m- Managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels- Delivery & upkeep of highly available systems & platforms- Architecting platforms & maintaining technology road maps- Exellent knowledge across application and software development lifecycles- Technical Skills across Linux/Unix, Windows, Java, PHP, SQL, MongoDB, Windows, ECM, Drupal, Moodle, Networking, IBM Websphere, Docker, Mesos/Marathon, Apache Kafka- Ability to adapt & translate technical matters for non-technical audience- Management of multiple vendor & partner relationships